Tate has announced its 2027 exhibition programme across its London galleries, Tate Modern and Tate Britain, alongside major presentations at Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Tate has announced its exhibition programme for 2027, bringing together a wide-ranging series of shows spanning five centuries of art. Highlights include major exhibitions dedicated to Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Sonia Boyce and Lynda Benglis, alongside a double celebration of David Hockney’s 90th birthday across Tate Modern and Tate Britain.
At Tate Modern, Hockney will stage a large-scale multimedia installation in the Turbine Hall, transforming the museum’s vast industrial space with projections inspired by his celebrated opera set designs. Later in the year, Tate Britain will open a major retrospective tracing the artist’s seven-decade career, focusing on the role of friends, family and lovers within his work.
The programme arrives at a moment of transition for the institution. As Maria Balshaw steps down after nine years as Tate Director, Karin Hindsbo has taken on the role of Interim Director while a permanent successor is appointed.
“This is an exhibition programme that only Tate could deliver,”
Hindsbo said.
“It spans the centuries, from the 1500s to the present day, and it spans the globe, from Europe to Asia, Africa and America. Even more importantly, the programme reflects a deep appreciation of artists themselves – all these exhibitions showcase the many different ways that artists think and work, and their unique ability to inspire and move us.”
Tate Modern
Tate Modern will present Monet: Painting Time, the museum’s first exhibition devoted to Claude Monet. Drawing on new research, the show will explore the artist’s engagement with time during the industrial age, from fleeting atmospheric moments to the changing seasons captured in his celebrated Water Lilies paintings.
The museum will also stage its first exhibition dedicated to the tradition of Asian ink painting. Ink will focus on artists working across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan during the twentieth century who reimagined the ancient medium as a modern art form while retaining its philosophical relationship to nature.
Other major exhibitions will spotlight influential twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists. A survey of Algerian artist Baya will mark the first solo presentation of her work in the UK, bringing together more than 100 of her vibrant gouache paintings. Nalini Malani will receive the largest exhibition of her six-decade career, featuring immersive multimedia installations that blend mythology, politics and history.
Tate Modern will also host a major retrospective of American artist Lynda Benglis, showcasing more than fifty works, including her groundbreaking latex “pours” of the late 1960s. Meanwhile, a new exhibition dedicated to Edvard Munch will examine the artist’s paintings through the lens of cinema and visual storytelling, exploring how his psychologically charged images resonate with the language of film.
Alongside these exhibitions, Tate Modern will continue its programme of large-scale commissions, including the Hyundai Commission in the Turbine Hall and participatory installations for UNIQLO Tate Play.
Tate Britain
At Tate Britain, a major retrospective will celebrate the forty-year career of Sonia Boyce, featuring installations, photography, film and sculpture that reflect her collaborative approach to performance and image-making.
The gallery will also stage a landmark exhibition marking the 300th anniversary of Thomas Gainsborough’s birth. Bringing together more than 120 works, the show will examine the contrasts between the artist’s elegant society portraits and the experimental methods that underpinned them.
Another major exhibition will explore the art of the Tudor period, presenting over 150 works including iconic portraits of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I in the first large-scale presentation of Tudor art at Tate in three decades.
Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool is scheduled to reopen in 2027 following a major transformation of the gallery. The redesigned space will introduce a new art hall for large-scale installations alongside expanded areas for learning, play and public engagement overlooking the River Mersey.
The reopening will be marked by a major exhibition dedicated to British artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, whose vibrant practice blends feminism, popular culture and references to her Hindu Punjabi heritage.
Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives will host the Turner Prize for the first time in the award’s history. The shortlist will be announced in spring 2027 ahead of an exhibition of the nominated artists in the autumn, with the winner revealed in December.
The gallery will also present the first UK museum survey of Kazakh artist Gulnur Mukazhanova, known for her large-scale felt installations inspired by nomadic textile traditions.
Across its four galleries, Tate’s 2027 programme brings together historical masters, contemporary pioneers and emerging voices, reinforcing the institution’s ambition to present art across centuries and continents.
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Exhibition listings
Monet: Painting Time (25th February – 27th June 2027, Tate Modern, Organised by Tate Modern and musee de l’Orangerie.
Sonia Boyce (24th March – 22nd August 2027, Tate Britain)
Ink (22nd April – 30th August 2027, Tate Modern), presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries. Research supported by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational
Gulnur Mukazhanova (May – September 2027, Tate St Ives)
Thomas Gainsborough (20th May – 10th October 2027, Tate Britain), research supported by the Manton Historic British Art Scholarship Fund
Infinities Commission (Summer 2027, Tate Modern), supported by The Glass Castle Foundation
David Hockney (Summer 2027, Tate Modern)
Baya (10 June – 17 October 2027, Tate Modern), supported by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne.
Nalini Malani (1st July 2027 – 3rd January 2028, Tate Modern)
Lynda Benglis (30th September 2027 – 5th March 2028, Tate Modern), organised by the Kunstmuseum Basel, in collaboration with Tate Modern and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
David Hockney (7th October 2027 – 20th February 2028, Tate Britain)
Turbine Hall/ Hyundai Commission (Opening October 2027, Tate Modern) in partnership with Hyundai Motor
Turner Prize (21st October 2027 – 23rd January 2028, Tate St Ives)
Edvard Munch (11th November 2027 – 23rd April 2028, Tate Modern), organised by Tate Modern in collaboration with MUNCH
The Tudors (18th November 2027 – 23rd April 2028) Research supported by the Manton Historic British Art Scholarship Fund
Chila Kumari Singh Burman (Opening 2027, Tate Liverpool), supported by the Bagri Foundation, with?additional?support from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Chila Kumari Singh Burman Supporters Circle, Tate?Patrons, Tate Members and Tate Americas Foundation
UNIQLO Tate Play (Throughout the year, Tate Modern)
Art Now (Throughout the year, Tate Britain, supported by The Bukhman Foundation.
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